Washing-machine



(No Model.) y W. MANTEUFPEL. WASHING MACHINE Nrrnn STATES ATENT OF ICE.

TVILLIAM MANTEUFFEL, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,593, dated November 16, 1897.

Application filed October 6, 18 96.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MANTEU'FFEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVashing-Machines, of which the following. is a specification.

This invention relates to laundry devices, and more especially to that class thereof known as washing-machines of the rocking and swinging type; and the object of the same is to effect certain improvements in devices of this character.

To this end the invention consists in the details of construction set forth below, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of this improved washing-machine hooked at rest and with the cover raised for the admission of the clothes to be washed. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same when in use, the cover being tightly closed and the body tipped forward to the extreme of its limit. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine when hooked and at rest, as in Fig. 1, except that the cover is here closed and that portion of the top of the body in rear of the cover is broken away to illustrate the interior.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter X designates the supporting-framework, here shown as consisting of an X-shaped frame at each side of the machine, the legs of the two frames being connected by transverse rungs X andthe top of each side frame preferably having a longitudinal top bar X, all of wood or any suitable material.

B is the body of the machine, consisting of a rectangular box, as shown, and with a handle H at one end, and this body is hung upon U-shaped rods U, whose extremities u are journaled in the side frames or the extremes of the top bars thereof, as shown, and whose bodies pass thence downward beneath and across under the body B, being mounted in suitable eyes or bearings U below the same.

i is an eye in the body adapted tobe engaged by a hook h, loosely attached to one side frame when it is desired to hold the parts at rest, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3; but when the hook and eye are disconnected the body may be rocked by means of the handle or other- Serial No. 608,028. on model.)

wise to and fro over, the hangers U. Theupthe opposite end of the body 13 swings inward against the rung X, as seen in Fig. 2, and the limit of movement in this direction is suddenly reached with considerable jar to the body if the swinging is sufficiently violent. Upon releasing pressure upon handle H the body resumes the position shown in Fig. 1, which is due to the fact that in their normal position the upright portions of the hangers U incline inward toward each other and the bearings U are nearer together than the supports 14. l V I v The cover of the body consists of two end pieces E, one of which may carry a wringersupport-E, as shown, and a central portion (3, hinged,as ate, to one end portion and closing against a cleat c on the other. hinged cover Q has a handle 0 of any suitable pattern, andit is also provided with two vent-holesV, between which is pivoted a button V, having enlarged extremities V, which may be turned so as to completely or partially close the vents, as desired. The body has an outlet at its rear end, closed by a plug or other suitable device, as indicated at O. r The interiorof the body also preferablyhas cleats This L along its sides, upon which the end pieces E are secured and thehinged cover '0 closes with a close and tight joint, i

The interior of the body is of peculiar formation, which I consider especially adapted to most thoroughly agitate the suds and clothes with the least possible wear on the latter and efiect their complete washing in the shortest possible time. Across the center of the bottom is secured a wedge-shapedcleat W, with its apex uppermost, as seen. In each lower corner are secured several approximately Iight-angled triangular ribs T, the short base of the triangle resting against the end of the body, the upright against its bottom, and the hypotenuse standing toward the center of the body and being waved in its length, so as to havetransverse ridges J, as

seen in Fig. 2. Across each end of the body and slightly remote from it is secured an upright piece A, extending from a point about at the top of said triangular ribs up to a point about even with the lower edges of the cleats L and forming behind it an air-space open at top and bottom. To the inner face of this piece A is secured a number of upright ribs R, whose faces toward the interior are also preferably waved, so as to form transverse ridges J, as also seen in Fig. 2, and the number of the upright ribs is preferably-one more than that of the upper ribs, so that they break joint, as seen in Fig. 3. At the inner edge of each end piece E of the cover is a downwardly-projecting transverse strip D, whose face next the ends of the body is preferably beveled, as shown. All these parts are of any desired size, shape, proportion, and materials, but preferably light clean wood,which may be easily kept sweet and readily repaired or replaced, if necessary, and considerable change may be made in the construction of the machine without departing from the principle of my invention.

In operation the clothes and suds are inserted when the washing-machine stands, as in Fig. 1, the cover is closed, (and locked, if desired, by any suitable means,) the hook it detached from the eye i, and the body swung on its hangers U, as set forth above. This motion of the body will cause the clothes to be thrown from end to end, passing over the cleat \V and under the strips D, and striking at the extremes of their movements against the waved faces of the ribs. Meanwhile the suds follows the same course, but passing between the triangular ribs T it rises in the airspace behind the upright piece A, passes out above the same, and beneath the end piece E of the cover, and, as the body commences its movement in the opposite direction, is thrown inward against the beveled face of the strip D, and by that deflected violently downward upon the clothes just as the latter are in the act of moving to the opposite end of the body.

Here the same operation is repeated, except that it is upon the other side of the bundle of clothes within the tub. It should be borne in mind that only sufficient clothes and suds should be put into the body of the machine to fill the same, say half-full, (more or less,) because otherwise the action of the liquid would not be that above described. What is claimed as new is 1. In a washing-machine, the combination with a rectangular body, a supporting-framework, and hangers pivoted in said framework with their bodies pivoted at their lowest points beneath said body; of a fixedcoverpiece at each end of the top of the body, a.

downwardly-projecting transverse strip secured beneath the inner edge of each piece, a. removable cover-piece between such fixed pieces, a cleat secured transversely across and rising from the center of the bottom, and at each end of the body on its interior an imperforate upright transverse strip extending from near. the bottom to near the top and standing slightly remote from the end of the body to form an air-space open at upper and lower ends, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination with a rectangular body, and means for giving it a swinging motion from suspended pivots; of a series of longitudinal triangular ribs standing on edge in each lower corner of the body, an imperforate upright strip carried by the body slightly remote from each end and standing at right angles to and extending Witnesses:

Louis FEESER, J12,

Gnonen SCALES. 

